Our Mission
Mission:
The mission of the Black Fives Foundation is to inspire excellence in youth by preserving, teaching, and honoring the pre-NBA history of African Americans in basketball.
Purpose:
The purpose of our efforts include activities that:
- uncover more details from this rich and forgotten aspect of American history
- conserve the narratives and artifacts related to the historically important Black basketball experience that took place prior to the emergence of today’s professional and collegiate leagues
- highlight, exhibit, and celebrate early African American basketball artifacts, narratives, and milestones
- encourage understanding of early African American basketball history as an essential cultural genre and building block for understanding not only sports history but also American history
- advocate for the proper recognition of early African American basketball pioneers